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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 538.==
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 538, "Grandfontaine".==
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This series of D6b locomotives (536 - 539) were built  between November and December 1903. This particular loco at the end of the series was probably built in December 1903 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed as a D.A.R. locomotive in 1941. <ref>[[19410101-MP14|1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941]], page 15.</ref>
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A photo of No. 538, labelled "Grandfontaine", at Truro in D.A.R. livery exists in the [[Leon Barron]] collection<ref>http://www.okcm.ca/leonbarron/leonbc.html</ref> on page 1122, dated June 1940 at the [[:Category:Kings Historical Society|Kings County Museum]].
  
This series of D6b locomotives (536 - 539) were built  between November and December 1903. This particular loco at the end of the series was probably built in December 1903 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed as a D.A.R. locomotive in 1941. (1)
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:CSTM-STR08386a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0538|No. 538]] at Truro (CSTM).
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File:CSTM-STR03445a_001_aa_cs.jpg|[[DAR0538|No. 538]] (CSTM).
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
*(1) [[19410101-MP14|1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941]], page 15.
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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[https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/219/STR-03445_c936b1b32cfeb02a46702853f67cac1d3fec33d4.jpeg  No. 538].  Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03445.<br>
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[https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/arch/224/STR-08386_9b561f5107e5c6bb113c6c388697f5447b2a28f0.jpeg  No. 538 at Truro] Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08386.<br>
 
[[Category:Steam]]
 
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[[Category:4-6-0]]
 
[[Category:4-6-0]]
 
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[[Category:D6b]]
 
[[Category:North British Locomotive Company]]
 
[[Category:North British Locomotive Company]]

Latest revision as of 14:27, 8 October 2024

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 538, "Grandfontaine".

This series of D6b locomotives (536 - 539) were built between November and December 1903. This particular loco at the end of the series was probably built in December 1903 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed as a D.A.R. locomotive in 1941. [1]

A photo of No. 538, labelled "Grandfontaine", at Truro in D.A.R. livery exists in the Leon Barron collection[2] on page 1122, dated June 1940 at the Kings County Museum.


Gallery

References and Footnotes

External Links

No. 538. Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03445.
No. 538 at Truro Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08386.